Highlights among the latest additions include American jazz fusion bass guitarist, singer and producer Thundercat, who has released three albums and contributed to Grammy-winning releases by both Kendrick Lamar and Kamasi Washington, and Israeli “vocal experimentist” Victoria Hanna, who performs Aramaic hip-hop and raps on ancient Hebrew texts.

WOMADelaide director Ian Scobie AM says the program for the world music festival, to be held in Botanic Park from March 9-12, crosses “many new boundaries, and countries as varied as Ghana, Sweden, Cape Verde, Turkey, Cameroon and PNG, as well as highlighting major projects in dance, circus and the visual arts”.

“The 2018 festival is a true celebration of the wealth of musical and creative invention from some of the world’s most original, brilliant and adventurous artists.”

Australian group Tex, Don and Charlie ­– which comprises Tex Perkins from The Cruel Sea, Don Walker from Cold Chisel and guitarist Charlie Owen – will be performing on the back of their third album, You Don’t Know Lonely, released this year.

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